ODESA, APRIL 11th, 2011, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE — Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Moldova Mr Sergiy Pirozhkov says Transnistrian conflict should be solved within the scope of Moldova’s territorial integrity taking into account Transnistria’s status, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

Ukrainian envoy has stated it today, 11 April at the news conference on the results of the 16 sitting of EUBAM Advisory Council in Odesa.

“As to the settlement of Transnistrian conflict, Ukraine has a distinct position — it should be solved peacefully within the scope of Moldova’s territorial integrity taking into account Transnistria’s status”, the envoy said.

As to the Mission’s contribution to the settlement of Transnistrian conflict, it was stated at the sitting that it keeps keeps monitoring the employment of the Joint Declaration and Moldovan laws allowing to superwise duly the foreign trade activites carried out by Transnistrian companies. By the end of February 2011, 704 market participants had been registered in the Transnistrian Region, 213 of them on permanent basis, 491 — temporary.

INFORMATION: The EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) was launched on 30 November 2005 at the joint request of the Presidents of the Republic Moldova and Ukraine. EUBAM is an EU mission fully funded by the European Union. It is an advisory, technical body. It has no executive powers. The Mission aims to make a sustainable contribution to the delivery of good quality border and customs services to the citizens and companies of Moldova and Ukraine to facilitate contacts and trade.